by Associated Press Published: June 22,2012
Tags: drill, drilling, energy, federal agency, federal government, gas, lease, natural gas, Oil, oil exploration, petroleum, sale
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States will hold an oil and gas lease sale for tracts in Louisiana and Mississippi Sept. 13 at its offices in Springfield, Va. Federal mineral lands in Mississippi and Louisiana totaling 34,630 acres will be offered. Mississippi parcels are in Smith, Scott and Franklin counties. In Louisiana, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 21,2012
Tags: auction, diesel, disaster, energy exploration, enviornment, explosion, fuel, gas, gas exploration, gasoline, habitat, lease, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil exploration, oil rig, oill spill, petroleum, tourism, tourist, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The federal government’s first auction of offshore petroleum leases in the same area where the Deepwater Horizon exploded in 2010 brought in $1.7 billion in winning bids yesterday, prompting Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar to declare great strides are being made to get drilling back on track in the Gulf of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 8,2012
Tags: accident, courts, energy, explosion, gas, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlements, tourism, tourists, vacationers, vacationing, vacations, visitors
GULFPORT A Gulfport man, identified as the mastermind of a family scheme to illegally obtain about $100,000 in oil spill recovery money, has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. The Sun Herald reports U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden sentenced 50-year-old Bobby Earl Keys to 12½ years in prison for claiming lost [...] [...]
PONTOTOC — Customers of Pontotoc Gas System will see their bills drop after a Mississippi Public Service Commission review found them too high. Starting immediately, residential rates will decrease from $9.56 per million metric British thermal units (mmbtu) to $7.14 per mmbtu. The utility wasn’t intentionally overcharging customers, said Pontotoc Mayor Jeff Stafford. It had [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 13,2012
Tags: energy, exploration, flooding, floods, fuel, gas, Oil, oil wells, petroleum, river, Weather
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Lexaria Corp reports it has a rig is on-site at the Belmont Lake Oilfield near Clarksdale to perform workovers on the 12-1 and 12-3 wells. The Mississippi River has fallen below flood-stage earlier this spring than it has during the last several years, and as a result field access has already been [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 4,2012
Tags: accident, attorneys, claims, class-action lawsuit, courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, judges, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, lawyers, legal, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — The federal judge who will decide whether to approve a class-action settlement of claims against BP PLC has scheduled a January 2013 trial for other claims spawned by the deadly blowout of the company’s deepwater well in the Gulf Mexico. After meeting yesterday behind closed doors with attorneys, U.S. District Judge Carl [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 3,2012
Tags: accident, bench, courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, judges, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge yesterday preliminarily approved a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s ruling allows the settlement process to proceed, but he will hold a “fairness hearing” on Nov. 8 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 26,2012
Tags: disaster, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, offshore drillimng, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans said yesterday he is leaning in favor of granting preliminary approval to a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The development comes despite objections from a BP contractor on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2012
Tags: class action, courts, disaster, disastewr recovery, energy, environment, gas, habitat, judge, judicial, judiciary, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, spill, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a hearing on a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP PLC and a team of plaintiffs’ attorneys are seeking U.S. District Judge Carl [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 24,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, hospitality, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, oysters, petroleum, reefs, restaurants, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Two Mississippi projects aimed at restoring marine resources damaged in 2010 by the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill are moving forward as part of Phase I of the DWH Early Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment (Phase I plan), according to Mississippi trustee Trudy D. Fisher, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental [...] [...]
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